Zwijndrecht's first railway station was opened on 1 November 1872. In 1895 the station was relocated to the southeast, because the old location was not very convenient. The current railway building was constructed in 1965.

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Netherlands
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The Netherlands, also informally known as Holland is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three territories in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing borders with Belgium, the United Kingdom. The three largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, Amsterdam is the countrys capital, while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of parliament and government. The port of Rotterdam is the worlds largest port outside East-Asia, the name Holland is used informally to refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. Netherlands literally means lower countries, influenced by its low land and flat geography, most of the areas below sea level are artificial. Since the late 16th century, large areas have been reclaimed from the sea and lakes, with a population density of 412 people per km2 –507 if water is excluded – the Netherlands is classified as a very densely populated country. Only Bangladesh, South Korea, and Taiwan have both a population and higher population density. Nevertheless, the Netherlands is the worlds second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products and this is partly due to the fertility of the soil and the mild climate. In 2001, it became the worlds first country to legalise same-sex marriage, the Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, Eurozone, G-10, NATO, OECD and WTO, as well as being a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union. The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EUs criminal intelligence agency Europol and this has led to the city being dubbed the worlds legal capital. The country also ranks second highest in the worlds 2016 Press Freedom Index, the Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom. It had the thirteenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2013 according to the International Monetary Fund, in 2013, the United Nations World Happiness Report ranked the Netherlands as the seventh-happiest country in the world, reflecting its high quality of life. The Netherlands also ranks joint second highest in the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, the region called Low Countries and the country of the Netherlands have the same toponymy. Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nether and Nedre and Bas or Inferior are in use in all over Europe. They are sometimes used in a relation to a higher ground that consecutively is indicated as Upper, Boven, Oben. In the case of the Low Countries / the Netherlands the geographical location of the region has been more or less downstream. The geographical location of the region, however, changed over time tremendously

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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation

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Nederlandse Spoorwegen
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Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. NS provides rail services on the Dutch main rail network, the rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight services, formerly operated by NS Cargo, merged with the DB Schenker group in 2000, NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers. Also, NS provides international rail services from the Netherlands to other European destinations, the NS was founded in 1938 when the two largest Dutch railway companies, the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij and the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, formally merged. These two companies had already been intensively cooperating as early as 1917, There were both economic and ideological reasons for the cooperation. As a result of the First World War, the Dutch economy had declined causing HSM, given their national importance, allowing them to slip into bankruptcy was not considered acceptable. While remaining independent companies, HSM and SS improved overall efficiency by cooperatively integrating their operations, the Dutch government further supported HSM and SS by purchasing shares in both firms. In 1938, the government merged the two companies to form the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, in the process, the government bought all remaining shares, yet never nationalized the company. Therefore, NS remained, and still is, a company solely owned by the Dutch government. The NS went on a strike once during the war, in the winter of 1944-45, the NS played a pivotal role in the reconstruction of the country. There was little alternative transport in the country besides the train, while the 1950s were a good time for the company, it started to decline in the 1960s, like most other railways around the world. The NS had been involved in the transport of coal from the mines in Limburg to the remainder of the country, the NS responded with an aggressive strategy named Spoorslag 70. This strategy meant, among other things, that the NS substantially increased the number of trains per hour, however, it was quite clear that this would never return the company to profitability. Nevertheless, the company was declared to be of national importance, in the early 1990s, the government started to question the subsidies given to the NS. Not only were there questions regarding the way the NS spent the subsidies, the government decided on the verzelfstandiging of the NS. The idea was not only rail transport was economically viable. There were two external circumstances which allowed for this to happen, secondly, the old CEO of the NS, Leo Ploeger, retired, which allowed the government to name a new CEO which would execute the governments plans. The new CEO was Rob den Besten, the plans entailed that the government would remain responsible for the rail infrastructure, while the NS would provide the transport on a commercial basis

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Barendrecht railway station
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Barendrecht railway station is a railway station in Barendrecht, Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. Adjacent to the four tracks of line are two tracks for the HSL-Zuid and three for freight, as part of the Betuweroute freight route to Zevenaar. The nine tracks are in a 1.5 kilometers long roofed structure, much of it covered under a layer of earth, on top is a new city park. At the station itself its four tracks, with the platforms, have a glass roof, the station was opened on 1 November 1872. This building was replaced by a smaller and more building in 1973. A new railway station was opened in 2001, queen Beatrix visited the station on 16 June 2007, to open the Betuweroute freight route

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Den Haag Centraal railway station
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Den Haag Centraal is the largest railway station in the Dutch seat of government, the city of The Hague, and with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands. The station was completed in 1973, adjacent to its predecessor, station Den Haag Staatsspoor and it is the western terminus of the Gouda–Den Haag railway. The oldest station in The Hague is Den Haag Hollands Spoor on the line from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. This station was built at some distance from the city centre, in 1870, the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened a second station in The Hague, Den Haag Rijnspoor for trains to Gouda and Utrecht. This station was much closer to the city centre. From 1888 this railroad was the property of the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, in the 1970s, Nederlandse Spoorwegen decided to build a new Central Station in The Hague and it was decided to build the new station next to Staatsspoor station. The old station was demolished after the new station was completed, a chord was also built to connect the station to the line to Amsterdam. Now, The Hague is the city in the Netherlands which still has two major railway stations. The main hall of Den Haag Centraal is currently undergoing a renovation in order to increase the stations capacity. It is now higher, and made of glass placed in a framework of stainless steel. Moreover, more space has been added next to both side entrances, and new tiling is due to be placed. The renovation was planned to finish by the end of 2014 but is going on as of July 2015. The railway station features two stations, one on a platform above the rail tracks and one parallel to them. Upper tram station Lower tram station Besides the Tramservices offered by the HTM, there is a bus platform above the rail roads, which is connected to the Prins Bernhardviaduct running over the tracks. The platform is accessible from the main hall. Several city and regional lines of three different carriers stop here, hTMs bus lines starting with an N are night buses and only run on Fridays and Saturdays. NS website Live departure times and cancellations in English Dutch Public Transport journey planner Den Haag Nieuw Centraal HTM Personenvervoer Veolia Haaglanden Arriva RET HTMbuzz

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Dutch railway services
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Dutch railway services is an index page of all the rail services operated in the Netherlands. Intercity - An express, limited-stop service, often calling only at major railway stations, Sprinter - A local service calling at all stations along the route, operated mostly by SGM or SLT stock. Private operators running on regional lines use other brands, Sneltrein - A semi-fast service, Stoptrein - A service with stops at all stations along the route. The Sneltrein and Stoptrein services used to be operated on the lines as well. Since 2007 both services were being phased out, as of December 2011, all Sneltrein services on the main lines had been replaced by either Intercity services or Sprinter services. Meanwhile, all Stoptrein services on the lines had been rebranded into Sprinter services. International services to such as Belgium, France and Germany are mostly operated by NS International and Thalys. Such as Deutsche Bahn and Belgian Railway Services, below the train services are arranged by type, and for each type ordered by number. For a combined sortable table with links to timetables, but listing less stations, Train routes in the Netherlands Prorail train routes 2013, version 12 December 2012

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Dordrecht railway station
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Dordrecht is a railway station in Dordrecht, Netherlands located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the line between Rotterdam and Antwerp was opened. On 16 July 1885, the line from Dordrecht to Gorinchem was opened. The neo-Renaissance railway station building is located to the south of the city centre, Dordrecht is now an important railway station on the Nederlandse Spoorwegen railway network. The services to Gorinchem and Geldermalsen are operated by Arriva, there are 8 city bus lines, which are operated by Arriva

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Train station
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A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight. It generally consists of at least one platform and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales. If a station is on a line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements. The smallest stations are most often referred to as stops or, in parts of the world. Stations may be at level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other modes such as buses. In British usage, the station is commonly understood to mean a railway station unless otherwise qualified. In the United States, the most common term in contemporary usage is train station, Railway station and railroad station are less frequent. Outside North America, a depot is place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service. The two-storey Mount Clare station in Baltimore, Maryland, which survives as a museum, first saw service as the terminus of the horse-drawn Baltimore. The oldest terminal station in the world was Crown Street railway station in Liverpool, built in 1830, as the first train on the Liverpool-Manchester line left Liverpool, the station is slightly older than the Manchester terminal at Liverpool Road. The station was the first to incorporate a train shed, the station was demolished in 1836 as the Liverpool terminal station moved to Lime Street railway station. Crown Street station was converted to a goods station terminal, the first stations had little in the way of buildings or amenities. The first stations in the modern sense were on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, manchesters Liverpool Road Station, the second oldest terminal station in the world, is preserved as part of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. It resembles a row of Georgian houses, dual-purpose stations can sometimes still be found today, though in many cases goods facilities are restricted to major stations. In rural and remote communities across Canada and the United States, such stations were known as flag stops or flag stations. Many stations date from the 19th century and reflect the architecture of the time. Countries where railways arrived later may still have such architecture, as later stations often imitated 19th-century styles, various forms of architecture have been used in the construction of stations, from those boasting grand, intricate, Baroque- or Gothic-style edifices, to plainer utilitarian or modernist styles

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Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
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Zwijndrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located in the province of South Holland, at the tip of the island of IJsselmonde, and at the confluence of the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden-Merwede. The town of Zwijndrecht is one of the Drecht cities, part of the suburban zone south of Rotterdam, it has grown from around 6,000 inhabitants in 1960, to about 45,000 today. Since 2003, the municipality of Zwijndrecht also includes the villages of Heerjansdam and it had a population of 44,546 in 2014. Zwijndrecht has the highest concentration of Estonians in the Netherlands, the town is served by a railway station of the same name. By train you go north to Rotterdam and The Hague, and south it takes you to either Breda or Roosendaal

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Rotterdam Centraal station
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Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The station received an average of 110,000 passengers daily in 2007, the current station building, located at Station Square, was officially opened in March 2014. Delftse Poort station was damaged by bombing in the Rotterdam Blitz. The new Centraal station was rebuilt just westwards of the site and its original building was designed by architect Sybold van Ravesteyn and was completed on 13 March 1957, officially opening on 21 May. Maas station had closed in 1953 and trains from Utrecht were diverted to Centraal station via the new Rotterdam Noord station, however, the Hofpleinlijn continued to bypass the station. Hofplein station was closed in 2010 after the Hofpleinlijn was redirected through a tunnel. On 9 February 1968 Princess Beatrix opened the first metro line in the Netherlands at Centraal station, the line connected the station to the south of Rotterdam and is now known as Line D. The first subway station had a platform with two tracks. On 28 September 2009, a new and more spacious underground station opened next to the old one. The new station has two platforms with three tracks. The mainline station nowadays has seven platforms with thirteen platform tracks. There are three tracks without platform, in 2007, it was used by approximately 110,000 passengers a day. The 1957 station building was closed in 2007 and demolished the next year - making it the first major railway station in the Netherlands to be taken down to make way for a new one. The new station was completed and opened in 2014, furthermore, the existing station, especially the passenger tunnel, also became too small to handle the growing number of passengers. Traveller numbers were projected to be 320,000 per day in 2025, to cope with this increase, a new station was necessary. On 16 May 2006 Mayor Ivo Opstelten revealed a work of Onno Poiesz consisting of the word EXIT, the final closure of the outdated station took place on September 2,2007, in the presence of Mayor Opstelten, to allow for the demolition of the station. Between 16 January 2008 and the end of March 2008 the station was completely demolished, passengers then, for years, had to use amenities housed in a temporary shelter, a smurf-blue building complex on Conrad Street on the northeast corner of the Groothandelsgebouw. The bicycle tunnel served as a passenger tunnel

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South Holland
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South Holland is a province in the midwestern Netherlands. It has a population of just over 3.6 million, situated on the North Sea in the west of the Netherlands, South Holland covers an area of 3,403 km2, of which 585 km2 is water. It borders North Holland to the north, Utrecht and Gelderland to the east, the provincial capital is The Hague, while its largest city is Rotterdam. Archaeological discoveries in Hardinxveld-Giessendam indicate that the area of South Holland has been inhabited since at least ca.7,500 years before present, agriculture and permanent settlements probably originated around 2,000 years later, based on excavations near Vlaardingen. In the classical antiquity, South Holland was part of the Roman Province of Germania Inferior, the Romans built fortresses along the border, such as Praetorium Agrippinae near modern-day Valkenburg, Matilo near modern-day Leiden, and Albaniana near modern-day Alphen aan den Rijn. A city was founded near modern-day Voorburg, Forum Hadriani and it was built according to the grid plan, and facilitated a square, a court, a bathhouse and several temples. After the departure of the Romans, the area belonged to the Frisian Kingdom, in 690, the Anglo-Saxon monk Willibrord arrived near Katwijk and was granted permission to spread Roman Catholicism by the Frankish king Pepin II. He accordingly founded a church in Oegstgeest, after which the area was gradually Christianised. The area was appointed to East Francia in the Treaty of Verdun in 843, after which the king granted lands to Gerolf and this was the birth of the County of Holland. Gerolf was later succeeded by Dirk I, who continued to rule Holland under the Frankish king, in 1248, count William II ordered the construction of the Ridderzaal, which was later finished by his son and successor Floris V. The first city in South Holland to receive city rights was Dordrecht, the city retained a dominant position in the area until it was struck by a series of floods in the late 14th century. The same century saw a series of civil wars, the Hook and Cod wars. Both his daughter Jaqueline and his brother John, the supported by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. The conflict ended in 1490, with John victorious, overall, the area of South Holland remained largely agrarian throughout the late Middle Ages. This changed around 1500, when Holland became Europes most urbanised area, during the Eighty Years War, the area of South Holland was the scene of the Capture of Brielle, the Siege of Leiden and the assassination of William the Silent. The United Netherlands declared their independence in 1581, and Holland quickly emerged as the dominant province, with important trading cities such as Leiden, Delft, Gouda. In 1575, the Netherlands first university was founded in Leiden by William the Silent, the Hague, which had originated around the castle of the counts of Holland, became its new political centre. Both the States of Holland and the States General seated in the Binnenhof, the Dutch Golden Age blossomed in the 17th century

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Alphen aan den Rijn railway station
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Alphen a/d Rijn railway station is a railway station in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. The railway station was opened in 1878, as part of a connection between Leiden and Woerden. A connection between Alphen aan den Rijn and Uithoorn was opened in 1915, the line was extended to Gouda in 1932, but the connection between Alphen aan den Rijn and Uithoorn was closed in 1936. The railway station was renovated for the RijnGouweLijn from Gouda in 2004, in 2007 a major redesign of the railway station and its surrounding area started. The original railway building was demolished to make room for a tunnel underneath the railway. The new tunnel links the old centre with the new district Kerk en Zanen. The tunnel and bike storage facility opened in mid 2010

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Arkel railway station
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Arkel is a railway station, located in Arkel in the Netherlands. The station is located on the Arriva line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen and it was opened on 1 December 1883, was closed on 15 May 1938 and was reopened on 10 June 1940. Originally, Arkel had two tracks, in the 1980s this was reduced to a single track, the train services are operated by Arriva. The station building is now in use as an office

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Bodegraven railway station
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Bodegraven is a railway station in Bodegraven, Netherlands. The railway station was opened in 1878, when the connection between Leiden and Utrecht was opened. The first station building had to be demolished in 1894 as a result of subsidence, the second building was destroyed in a fire in 1911. The current station was built in 1913, the train service at this station received modern double decker units in 2007, previously being Old stock from the 1960s. The following services call at Bodegraven, 2x per hour intercity service Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Utrecht NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Boven Hardinxveld railway station
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Boven Hardinxveld is a railway station, in Boven-Hardinxveld, Netherlands. The station opened on 16 April 2012, the station lies on the MerwedeLingelijn. The station is primarily for Hardinxveld and small settlements in the area, trains can pass each other here, the station has a double track. The train services are operated by Arriva

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De Vink railway station
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De Vink is a railway station in the Netherlands. It is located near the hamlet of De Vink, currently a part of Leiden. It is wedged in between the city of Leiden and the town of Voorschoten. The tracks in the direction of The Hague are on Leiden ground, the tracks in the direction of Leiden are on Voorschoten ground. Because of this, it is currently the railway station in the Netherlands not to feature the name of the city it is located in

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Delft railway station
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Delft is the main railway station of Delft, the Netherlands, located on a section of the oldest railway line in the country, between the cities of The Hague and Rotterdam. Along with a new 2.3 km rail tunnel under the city centre, the new building, which integrates the station hall with the citys municipal offices, was designed by Mecanoo, an international architecture firm that originated in Delft. The project also included a bus station, tram stops. The initial Delft railway station was located on the Houttuinen, close to the current building, the first train passed through it on 31 May 1847, and just days later, on 3 June, the station opened its doors to the public. Because of increasing numbers of passengers and goods transported, a new, larger railway station had to be opened in 1885, the latter building was designed by Christiaan Posthumus Meyjes sr. The old station building has gained monumental status, and will be repurposed with a commercial hospitality function, from 1964, the railway through Delft ran on a double track viaduct, created to eliminate level crossings, intending to improve the safety and fluidity of traffic through the city. Therefore, an urban design project was formulated in 1999, designed by Spanish urban planner Joan Busquets. The first phase of this has been completed in February 2015, by 2020 the decommissioned viaduct will be torn down, and a second tunnel tube with two more rail tracks will be constructed underneath the path previously occupied by it. Redevelopment of the freed up space above ground, has not yet been fully planned

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Delft Zuid railway station
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Delft Zuid railway station is a railway station in Delft, Netherlands, located on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam. The railway station was opened on May 31,1970, the station building was demolished in June 2006. The station area is dominated by the viaduct, which carries the Kruithuisweg. The viaduct is also used by pedestrians and travellers to reach the platforms at the other side. nl NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Den Haag HS railway station
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Den Haag HS, an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor, is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague and this line was further extended to Rotterdam in 1847. The railway station was named after the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, the company operated the railway station. Rival company Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened a main railway station in The Hague in 1870, Den Haag Rhijnspoor, for the railway line to Gouda. This railway station was demolished in 1973, to make way for the Den Haag Centraal railway station, as a result, The Hague has two main railway stations, Central Station and HS. Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and beyond tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and, eventually, the original railway building of 1843 was replaced by the current building designed by D. A. N. A Royal Waiting Room was opened in 1893, tram lines 1,9,11,12,16 and 17 stop here. Den Haag Hollands Spoor also includes a bus station, several HTM bus lines stop here

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Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station
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Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station is a railway station in the Netherlands, on the border between The Hague and the town of Voorburg. It is served by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and by the RandstadRail light-rail network, the station is named after the road on which it is located, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië, which literally translates as New East Indies Road, but probably refers to a former inn called Nieuw Oosteinde. Laan van NOI is located on the oldest railway line in the Netherlands, the part of the line between Leiden and The Hague opened in 1843. The station Nieuw Oosteinde was located on the crossing with the Laan van Nieuw Oosteinde, Nieuw Oosteinde was open from 1843 to 1864. Both new lines followed the Old Line between Hollands Spoor and Laan van NOI, although the new station was located on the old line, it did not have platforms on that line, and trains between The Hague and Leiden did not stop there until 15 May 1931. The line to Scheveningen closed in 1953, in 1979, a new connection was opened to Zoetermeer. Both the Hofpleinlijn to Rotterdam and the line to Zoetermeer were converted to rail in 2006. The first station was named after an inn, Nieuw Oosteinde, when the station re-opened in 1907, it took the name of the road. In 1978, the city name was added, and the name was abbreviated, since then. The name of the RandstadRail stop is just Laan van NOI

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Dordrecht Stadspolders railway station
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Dordrecht Stadspolders is a railway station in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The station is located on the MerwedeLingelijn between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen and it was opened on 27 May 1990, the station had a single track. Arriva has operated the service since December 2006, the station is in the residential area Stadspolders. The station was expanded in 2011, with the building of a track and platform. The connection between this station and the Dordrecht railway station has two tracks

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Gorinchem railway station
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Gorinchem is a railway station in the town of Gorinchem, Netherlands. It was opened on 1 December 1883, the train services are operated by Arriva. The initial railway building was built to look like Sneek railway station, the current railway building, designed by Cees Douma, was opened in 1971, and the old building was renovated and converted to a restaurant

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Gouda railway station
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Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway, the Gouda–Den Haag railway to The Hague was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934. Trains running between Den Haag Centraal / Rotterdam Centraal and Utrecht Centraal call at the station, as well as the RijnGouweLijn connection to Alphen a/d Rijn, in November 1944, during World War II, the strategically located railway station was bombed by the Royal Air Force. The main building of the station was severely damaged, traces of the bombing are visible to this day on platforms 3 and 5. In 1948 a new building was constructed out of the remaining first floor of the old building and this was replaced by the current building in 1984

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Hardinxveld-Giessendam railway station
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Hardinxveld-Giessendam is a railway station for Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands. It is located on the MerwedeLingelijn, between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen, the train services are operated by Arriva. The station was opened as the Giessendam-Oudekerk railway station on 16 July 1885, to the east, outside the two villages, was the Hardinxveld-Giessendam railway station. When the latter station was closed down on 15 May 1927. The railway station building was damaged during World War II. On 2 June 1957, the name of the station was changed to its current name. The building is now used as a restaurant

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Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom railway station
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Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom is a railway station, in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands. The train services are operated by Arriva, the station opened on 11 December 2011. The station lies on the MerwedeLingelijn and is located between Sliedrecht and Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the station is primarily for western Giessendam, where a new housing development is being built and small settlements in the area

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Hillegom railway station
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The railway station of Hillegom in the Netherlands is located on the railway line between Haarlem and Leiden. The first railway station in the town was opened in 1891, closed in 1898, a second railway station was opened on a different location in 1898, when the first was closed. It was designed by the architect D. A. N, the freight tracks on the railway station were used to transport flowers from the nearby fields to i. a. the flower auction in Aalsmeer. During World War II, these tracks were used by the Germans, the passenger railway station was closed as a result of this on 17 September 1944. The freight tracks remained in use until the 1980s, the railway station was reopened on 28 May 2000, on the same location as the second railway station

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Leerdam railway station
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The railway station of Leerdam in the Netherlands is located on the MerwedeLingelijn line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. The railway station was opened on December 1,1883, the train services are operated by Arriva. A new station building was opened in 1987, next to the former building and it was designed by Cees Douma. The former building was maintained, and is currently being turned into a restaurant, the following service calls at Leerdam, 2x per hour local services Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen Arriva website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Leiden Centraal railway station
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Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in Leiden, a city in the Netherlands. Leiden Centraal station opened on 17 August 1842 as the terminal of the first expansion of the Old Line from Haarlem. The original building was replaced by a new one, designed by D. A. N and this station was later razed and replaced by a third station designed by HGJ Schelling. Due to its design, which was also implemented at other Dutch railway stations. Increasing numbers of passengers also caused the building to become overcrowded, the fourth, and current, station was designed by Harry Reijnders and completed in 1996. Consisting of a lattice structure, a curved, shell-like entrance leads into a ticketing hall lined with shops. When first built, the floor had a blue and white finish. Problems with passengers slipping required that the floor be replaced with standard tiling, in 2007, Leiden Centraal was renovated in accordance with the introduction of the OV-chipkaart, which created a nationwide smart card fare system. To implement the OV-chipkaart, ticket barriers were installed, separating the station into a paid and unpaid area, the platforms, waiting area, and several shops comprise the paid area, while the rest of the station is classified as unpaid. The barriers are open, as the new ticket system is still optional. On 28 November 2011, a Sprinter collided with a stationary Sprinter, NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Rijswijk railway station
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Rijswijk is a railway station located in Rijswijk in the suburbs of The Hague, Netherlands. The station was opened on 3 June 1847 and is located on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway and it was later enlarged, and then closed in 1938. In 1965 it opened in a different location, the station has been in a tunnel since 1996, with four tracks and four platforms

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Rotterdam Alexander station
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Rotterdam Alexander is a combined metro and railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway and it is named after the borough Prins Alexander, and therefore indirectly after Alexander, Prince of Orange. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or East-West line, nederlandse Spoorwegen NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner NS station information

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Rotterdam Blaak station
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Rotterdam Blaak is a railway station and metro station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The station is located in the centre of the city, near the cube houses, on 2 May 1877 the first railway station on this location was opened, then called Rotterdam Beurs. This station was part of a 2.2 km long viaduct, after the station had been destroyed during World War II, a new station opened in 1953, called Rotterdam Blaak. When the underground station was opened on 6 May 1982. On 15 September 1993, this new railway station was opened. This tunnel, including the station, now had 4 tracks instead of the 2 on the viaduct, train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station, a tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 21 stops. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows, NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Rotterdam Lombardijen railway station
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Rotterdam Lombardijen is a railway station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The railway station is located in the borough of IJsselmonde, the station opened on 1 June 1964 with wooden platforms and no more than a trailer for ticket sales. On 12 September 1968 a station building was opened, the current station building dates from 1996, train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. A tram stop is located just east of the station, where RET-lines 2 and 20 stop

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Rotterdam Noord railway station
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Rotterdam Noord is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. It sits at the border between the two Rotterdam municipalities Noord and Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, in 1899, the railway station Hillegersberg was opened on the new connecting line between the railway from Rotterdam Delftsche Poort to Leiden, and the railway from Rotterdam Maasstation to Utrecht. In 1953 the railway from Rotterdam to Utrecht was rerouted to the new Rotterdam Centraal railway station through Hillegersberg, a new station building was constructed, and the station was renamed Rotterdam Noord. Rotterdam Noord is designed by architect Sybold van Ravesteyn who has designed the stations Rotterdam Centraal, Eindhoven. The station was opened on 4 October 1953, the platform that leads to Utrecht is connected to a building, where there used to be an NS office that sold tickets. When this office disappeared and the tickets could only be bought at a ticket machine, since a few years back the building is used for an art-exposition. Rotterdam Noord is a station for local trains, the following services currently call at Rotterdam Noord. At Night, Rotterdam Noord is connected by the Bob bus, Bob is a drink or drive campaign. NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Rotterdam Stadion railway station
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Rotterdam Stadion is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the railway line between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The station is located in front of De Kuip, venue of the football club Feyenoord The station is only in service during football matches or other events at the stadium, the railway station Rotterdam Stadion was built in 1937, as a station on the Breda–Rotterdam railway. It was specially built for Stadion Feijenoord which opened earlier that year and it is not really much of a station, in fact it is a platform, between two pieces of railroad track, giving it two platform tracks. A traverse makes it possible to go to the stadium, due to hooliganism a special tube was built around the traverse to separate home and away supporters. Plans are being made for a new Feyenoord stadium, at the border of the Meuse, with the new stadium, comes a make-over of the whole area. In this plan, there will be a new, big Intercity station making it a public-transportation hub, shuttle train services from Rotterdam Centraal and Dordrecht operate when football matches or concerts take place in the stadium. NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Rotterdam Zuid railway station
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Rotterdam Zuid is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. It is situated at the end of the Willemsspoortunnel in the borough of Feijenoord, Rotterdam Zuid was first opened on 2 May 1877 as a station on the Breda–Rotterdam railway. It was a station, without a building and with 2 platforms. After World War II the reconstruction of the railroad tracks in-, in 1958 Rotterdam Zuid was renewed and had gained a small building. The station remained this way until the reconstruction in 1993, A tunnel was being built to replace the fly-over at Blaak. The railway station Rotterdam Zuid was given a total Make-Over, the number of tracks between Rotterdam and Dordrecht was being expanded from 2 to 4, giving Rotterdam Zuid 4 platform tracks. To reach all of these platforms, a traverse was built over the station, connecting the Rosestraat, at night, Rotterdam Zuid is connected by the Bob bus, operated by RET. Bob is a drink or drive campaign, NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Schiedam Centrum station
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Trains are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station opened on 3 June 1847 as Schiedam, with the The Hague - Rotterdam railway line, in 1856 the first major train accident in the Netherlands occurred near Schiedam causing three deaths. The branch to Maassluis opened in 1891, extended to Hoek van Holland two years later, in 1967 the station was renamed Schiedam-Rotterdam West, in 1998 Schiedam Centrum. In 1976 there was a train disaster near the station. In 2000, the building was completely renewed as part of the extension of the East-West Line of the Rotterdam Metro. For lines A and B it is the western terminus, several Rotterdam tram and bus lines call at Schiedam Centrum. A tram stop for RET lines 21 and 23 is near the entrances of the railway, NS website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Sliedrecht railway station
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Sliedrecht is a railway station in Sliedrecht, Netherlands. The station is located on the MerwedeLingelijn line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen, part of the Betuwelijn and it was opened on 16 July 1885, when the station had a single track. Next to the lines is the Betuweroute freight railway line. Arriva has operated the service since December 2006, a new station building was built in 1985, which has already been demolished. In the older stationbuilding is a restaurant, De Heren van Slydrecht, arriva website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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Sliedrecht Baanhoek railway station
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Sliedrecht Baanhoek is a railway station, in Sliedrecht, Netherlands. The station opened on 11 December 2011, the station lies on the MerwedeLingelijn and is located between Dordrecht Stadspolders and Sliedrecht. The station is primarily for western Sliedrecht, Papendrecht and small settlements in the area, the train services are operated by Arriva. The station is on an embankment, but there is an elevator in which bicycles can be taken. The following lines, also by Arriva, stop near this station,138791187191 Arriva website Dutch Public Transport journey planner

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